Thanks to everyone that joined the live stream! I’ll be posting a video of the Smash Trivia portion of the live stream tomorrow, but I wanted to get the questions and their sources up for you guys. Special thanks to Intelliheath for helping out with the questions, and Nirbion for his amazing work on the graphics.
Let me know how many you can answer in the comments below!
Easy Level = 1 point per correct answer
Challenging Level = 2 point per correct answer
Difficult Level = 3 point per correct answer
Master Level = 4 point per correct answer
Good luck!
Easy Level (Master Hand):
What does Peach said during her victory pose, staring with “Oh, ___ _ ____?”
List all seven of the DLC characters that were released for Smash for Wii U and 3DS
What character, with a completely unique moveset, was cut in between Melee and Brawl?
Name the two characters that were included in the alledge ‘Gematsu Leaks’, but were not included in the final roster of Smash for Wii U and 3DS.
- What character did Artsy Omni create a convincing render of just before the Smash ballot?
What characters has Sakurai made an official comment on why they aren’t included in Smash for Wii U?
- Ice Climbers
- Ridley
- King K. Rool
- Wolf
- Chrom
What did Sakurai discuss in his Famitsu Column titled, Exhaustion and Excitement (Released in early Feburary) relating to the Smash series as a whole?
- Melee and Smash for Wii U as an e-Sport
- Making Smash feel fresh with new characters
- Balancing Cloud
- His cat
What retro character that is popular with Smash fans, did Sakurai want to add to Brawl?
Why was Bandai Namco chosen to help develop Smash for Wii U/3DS?
Who is the only character not made by a Japanese studio in Smash?
List all of the characters within the ‘Forbidden Seven’
What character was Sakurai referring to when he said, “Just because you try hard doesn’t mean you’ll make it into the battle”?
How many eyes does the Daisy trophy had in Super Smash Bros. Melee
What did Sakurai call DLC in his column, The Creator’s Hands Are Alive and Well? Which ‘rules’ are confirmed by Sakurai for third party characters? What unique gameplay element to Brawl was cut during its’ development (not featured previously)?
What characters were worked on, but scrapped for Smash 64?
What characters were the Fighting Alloy Team based on in Brawl?
What three series have the most amount of assist trophies in Smash for Wii U/3DS?
What character did Xander Mobus say he had the most difficult time pronouncing?
What stages were considered for Smash for Wii U and 3DS, but were dropped? What third party company has the most “representation” in Smash for Wii U/3DS?
What NES character was set to appear in Melee as an item?
What track is featured on multiple levels in Melee?
What’s on the Smash Dollars? What ‘masterpiece’ was left on the cutting room floor within Smash for Wii U?
What stage took a whole year to make in Smash for Wii U?
What is Masahiro Sakurai’s hobby?
Who would be the next character added to Melee if Sakurai had more time?
Why was L-canceling not included in Brawl?
Name two modes that were originally planned for Melee
Who did Sakurai marry, and when?
What is the name of Sakurai’s cat, and the origin of it’s name? (Bonus point: Who’s cat does Sakurai’s cat share a birthday with?)
When was Smash 64’s project proposal finished?
…what was the other game Sakurai proposed along with Smash 64?
What gameplay system had to be redesigned into both Smash for Wii U and 3DS for Ryu?
Why did Sakurai go with Mega Mewtwo Y instead of Mega Mewtwo X?
What was Dean Harrington’s inspiration for his voice in Melee?
Why did Sakurai pass on the Urban Champion as a retro rep for Melee?
Name all four of the voice actors who were announcers for Smash.
Megaman was considered for Brawl Wii Fit Trainer has less bones in 8 Player Smash James Bond was considered for Melee The Oracle games are represented in Smash Sakurai’s cat has a special feature in Pokemon Stadium 2 Ice Climbers have an unused chant in Smash for Wii U/3DS Challenging Level (Giga Bowser):
Difficult Level (Crazy Hand):
Master Level (Master Fortress):
True / False (Unused)
I’d still make the case that Little Mac should count as a Western designed character. Next Level basically had to re-do him from the ground-up for 3D. Doc to an exent too.
Yes, but they’re redesigns of existing Japanese created characters, whereas Diddy Kong, while originally envisioned as a redesign for DK Jr., is his own entity, British made, no less. 😛
Sakurai mainly discusses the classic arcade game when introducing Little Mac in his column, and has included numerous references to that version (such as the wireframe alts). So, I personally wouldn’t count that as the older titles has had a huge impact on Little Mac’s appearance in Smash.
Easy: 9/10
Challenging: 7/10
Difficult: 3/10
Master: 1/10
True/False: 2/6
Started great but fell apart in the end. Some answers weren’t completely wrong though. I remembered 6 of the forbidden seven for example, but the last one was wrong.
(finally got around to this) Out of a possible 100 points, I could only get 37… and I thought I knew a lot of Smash trivia…
Those last two categories were hard, I only got two right from each. I totally wasn’t expecting questions like those.